Learn and Talk II

Lesson 13
Family Life

Content:
Part 1 Warm Up 3’
Part 2 Text 7’ Part 4 Discussion 8’
Part 3 Retell 3’ Part 5 After-Class Review

Tutor: Please keep your greeting in 2 mins. And you can go through Part 5 if time allows.
 Part 1 - Warm Up 3 mins

Can you make a brief introduction about your family?

Tutor: Please encourage the student to answer the question and keep this part in 3 mins.

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Part 2 - Text Family Life 7 mins Words and Expressions

My husband and I try to combine bringing up our children around

1. … try to combine bringing up our children
work and pleasure.1 That is why every morning I put my six-year-old around work and pleasure.

daughter on her bicycle, my two-year-old on a special seat on my (to have two or more things at the same time)

bicycle, and then we ride to school. E.g. She found it difficult to combine a career
and family.
I used to drive to work but I was often late because of traffic jams. 2. … and do my bit to cut down on pollution.
Because I now cycle, this never happens. I also save money on petrol do one’s bit/part
and do my bit to cut down on pollution.2 But of course sometimes, (to do one’s share of the work; to do whatever
one can do to help)
because of the British weather, I am forced to take the car.3
E.g. All people everywhere must do their bit to
At weekends we put the bikes in the car and drive to a quiet place. save energy.

We always go to Wales on holiday and hire bicycles there. So we 3. … , I am forced to take the car.

have lots of fun riding to the shops or the seaside, and get lots of (to make something happen or make
someone do something difficult, unpleasant,
exercise at the same time. The children love it. When they are older or unusual)
we would like to go abroad on a cycling holiday. E.g. He has been forced to adjust his schedule.

Tutor: Please read or let the student read the text, and explain the underlined expressions in blue.

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Part 3 - Retell

Now retell the passage by yourself based on what you’ve read.

Hints:
husband and I … combine … and
six-year-old daughter … two-year-old … special seat
used to … because of … late … save money …
pollution … weather … take the car
weekends … Wales … holiday … fun … exercise
children … go abroad

Tutor: Please encourage the student to retell the text. The

hints are NOT necessarily needed.

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Part 4 - Discussion 8 mins Expressions may be used
(Try to talk for at least 2 minutes for each question. You are encouraged to use the
expressions that you’ve learned today. )
1. combine … and …
combine … and … / do one’s bit / force My husband and I try to combine
bringing up our children around work
and pleasure.
1. How large or small is your family? What do you usually do
together as a family?
2. do one’s bit/part
I also save money on petrol and do my
2. Why do some people find it difficult to balance family and
bit to cut down on pollution.
work?
3. force
3. Describe a happy family event from your childhood that you But of course sometimes, because of
remember well. the British weather, I am forced to take
the car.
Tutor: Please let the student talk freely, each question about 2 mins. Using the expressions from
today is encouraged.

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After-Class Review

Review the expressions you’ve learned today and try to use them to make some sentences.

1. combine … and … 兼有；兼顾 2. I’m trying to do my bit. How can I help this time?
to have two or more things at the same time 3. A lot of us want to do our bit for the planet but we don’t
E.g. 1. My husband and I try to combine bringing up our children know where to start.
around work and pleasure.
2. Ruth hesitated, uncertain of how to combine honesty and 3. force 强迫，迫使
diplomacy in her answer. to make something happen or make someone do something
3. As a writer, he combined wit and/with passion. difficult, unpleasant, or unusual
E.g. 1. But of course sometimes, because of the British weather, I
2. do one’s bit/part 尽一份力 am forced to take the car.

to do one’s share of the work; to do whatever one can do to help 2. Hospitals are being forced to close departments because
of lack of money.
E.g. 1. I also save money on petrol and do my bit to cut down on
pollution. 3. I really have to force myself to be nice to him.

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